SERVICES DIVISION INDICATIONS JOURNAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000100100036-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 36
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/11
at to the Tien airfield, photographgr n
20 Way 1955
Racs r field inter tati?nt of aer -l photc ap r indicates that thine
hi s e C=mwdst airfields in t Formosa Straits area (Nantai, Seto
Northeast. and LuM Tien) are rapids, r approaching c ? 2e tion. The rate of
construction achie . drain the past few i eks indicates that all three
airfields could be nado operational t the end of Juno.
pby available in Washington confirms earlier field reports
Photo
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between 25 April and 5 Nhy about one hied of the 7,000 foot rangy at ntai
.faced. mile it cannot be determined 'whether the surface is c rete,
reported by the field, it is evident from available photogyraphy that the
surfacing now being carried out is suitable for sustained operational use t y
jet aircraft. US field interpretation of 13 Nay photaI ? of mantai indi-
cates that sfac:I had been about noted" that tine...-./
airfield ( t ` ~t neast) available in
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Washington indicates that in late April grading vas far advanced and that on
5 r about 25 percent of the 6j,700 foot runwq had been surfaced. h~ face
appears to be the s typo as that at tai. These photc~raphs confirm
status reports received from earlier field interpretation of aerial photographs.
Field interpretation of" 15 photo ptW indicates that the emfacixng at Ching
Rai had been 50 percent ac ted by that time. 71
on reveals that in late April the outlines of the rte;
taking shape and b* 5 :by trading -was well advancedo
preli racy field interpretation reports.. While no later photography on this
airfield is new available to OVR, field Ierrpretation of 13 May photo coverage
dilos that about 1, feet of rummy had been surfaced.
Ti and Lung Chi airfields is in press,, according to
15 photograph~yr, but there is no evideas yet that
sn started, ( /
Analysis of photography received in Washin~ tone clearly mesas to indicate
that the preiimirm ' field reports we nnBrally reliable vith regard to the
extet* of pro=. ss of runes surfacing. On this basis, it apI
reported rate of progress alr r achieved by the Chinese Co urds
vsffa > 6-000 to 7,000 feet can be Meted within from fa" to six
fines surl'acing has bed, According*, it is believed. that ntai, Chi:
and airfields could all be eon leted I the end of Jum and it is
possible that a or both of the other coastal airfields ran under construction
could rushed to completion before September.
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Approved For Release 2006/11/11 CIA-RDP61S00527AO00100100036-6